diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19dc5bfe..4d53764a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ yaml sample.yaml b.c
 ```
 will output the value of '2'.
 
+### Reading from STDIN
+Given a sample.yaml file of:
+cat sample.yaml | yaml - b.c
+```
+will output the value of '2'.
+
 ### Handling '.' in the yaml key
 Given a sample.yaml file of:
 ```yaml
diff --git a/yaml.go b/yaml.go
index db1781fd..7c21d8e5 100644
--- a/yaml.go
+++ b/yaml.go
@@ -115,7 +115,14 @@ func readYaml(c *cli.Context, parsedData *map[interface{}]interface{}) {
 	if len(c.Args()) == 0 {
 		log.Fatalf("Must provide filename")
 	}
-	var rawData = readFile(c.Args()[0])
+
+	var rawData []byte
+	fmt.Println("c.Args()[0]", c.Args()[0])
+	if( c.Args()[0] == "-") {
+		rawData = readStdin()
+	} else {
+		rawData = readFile(c.Args()[0])
+	}
 
 	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(rawData), &parsedData)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -123,6 +130,14 @@ func readYaml(c *cli.Context, parsedData *map[interface{}]interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
+func readStdin() []byte {
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error reading stdin", err)
+	}
+	return bytes
+}
+
 func readFile(filename string) []byte {
 	var rawData, readError = ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
 	if readError != nil {